Inger Marianne Larsen[2] (born 27 January 1951 in Kalundborg) is a Danish poet, writer, and novelist.
Between 1970 and 1975 Larsen was studying literature and Chinese at the University of Copenhagen, but then made the decision to write full-time.
Her writing at this early stage was experimental, giving way to a more engaged, affirmative style, both critical of officialdom and supportive of the underdog from a leftist point of view.
The most recent of these was the Danske Akademis Store Pris (Great Prize of the Danish Academy) in 2022 with the citation: "Since her debut in 1971...her openly political dream world has been a seemingly endless and natural source of power in literature and in the Danish language.
The first, by Nadia Christensen, appeared in 1982 in the United States,[7] and Robyn Ianssen's selection, Shadow Calendar, followed in Australia in 1995.